Release from 29.03.2024

Calder Anderson was named MVP of the 2023/24 Alps Hockey League season

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Calder Anderson was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2023/24 season by the Alps Hockey League's trade journalists. The 21-year-old center played for quarterfinal debutant HC Meran/o Pircher and is currently the AHL's top scorer with 81 points (33G | 48A).

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It was Calder Anderson's first season in the Alps Hockey League and the Canadian was promptly voted MVP of the 2023/24 season by hockey trade journalists, making him the most important and most valuable player. For the 21-year-old, it is the first individual award of his young career. In 44 appearances for quarterfinal debutants the HC Meran/o Pircher, the center scored 81 points. That makes him the top scorer of the 2023/24 season. Anderson got on the scoresheet 33 times, once with four goals and two hat-tricks. With 48 assists he also has the most assists. With a +/- of +23, he is also among the leaders in this statistic. Overall, Anderson only failed to score a point in eight of 44 games. His longest point-scoring streak was between December 2, 2023 and February 24, 2024, when the center scored in 18 consecutive games.

Anthony DeLuca of the HC Gherdeina valgardena.it follows in second place. With 50 goals, the 29-year-old is the top goal scorer in the Alps Hockey League. Third place goes to Colin Furlong, the goalkeeper of the Rittner Buam SkyAlps. The 31-year-old has the best save percentage of all goalies in the playoffs.

Final result MVP election of the Alps Hockey League 2023/24:
1. Calder Anderson (HCM) 21 points
2. Anthony DeLuca (GHE) 15 points
3. Colin Furlong (RIT) 14 points